Airway smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts: cell biology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland), M. Koenigshoff (Munich, Germany), H. Meurs (Groningen, Netherlands)

TGFβ1-induced extracellular matrix production enhances airway smooth muscle cell proliferation T. A. Oenema, L. Smedinga, G. Mensink, A. J. Halayko, J. Zaagsma, H. Meurs, R. Gosens, B. G. J. Dekkers (Groningen, Netherlands; Winnipeg, Canada)
Omalizumab inhibits IgE-induced extracellular matrix deposition by asthmatic airway smooth muscle cells M. Roth, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
Neo-vascularisation in asthma: Altered angiogenic potential of ASM cells from asthmatic patients L. Keglowich, M. Roth, M. Tamm, P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland)
Carrier-mediated transport of tiotropium in bronchial smooth muscle cells: The role of pH-dependent organic cation transporters G. Horvath, G. Losonczy, E. Mendes, N. Schmid, A. Schmid, G. Conner, N. Fregien, M. Salathe, A. Wanner (Miami, United States Of America; Budapest, Hungary)
Role of endosomal and cytosolic pattern recognition receptors in dsRNA-induced cytokine expression in human airway smooth muscle cells J. Calvén, Y. Yudina, L. Bjermer, L. Uller (Lund, Sweden)
Airway smooth muscle cells from patients with COPD exhibit a higher degree of cellular proliferation and steroid insensitivity than that from healthy patients M. Perry, J. Baker, K. F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
miR-221 and miR-222 target p21 and p27 in airway smooth muscle to elicit hyper proliferation in severe asthmatics M. Perry, J. Baker, K. F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor expression and signalling in human airway smooth muscle cells E. Stafflinger, H. Foster, K. Mahn, C. Corrigan, T. Lee, G. Woszczek (London, United Kingdom)
Heme-oxygenase (HO)-1 inhibits TNF-α induced CXCL10 secretion by airway smooth muscle cells P. Seidel, K. Hostettler, M. Hughes, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Basel, Switzerland; Sydney, Australia)
Corticosteroid insensitivity and enhanced mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in airway smooth muscle cells of severe asthma P. J. Chang, C. Michaeloudes, P. Bhavsar, K. F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
MAP kinases mediate FGF-induced expression and release of VEGF in human airway smooth muscle cells: The role of azithromycin A. Willems-Widyastuti, B. Vanaudenaerde, R. Vos, S. Verleden, S. De Vleeschauwer, A. Vaneylen, W. de Boer, H. S. Sharma, G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium; Leiden, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Effects of formoterol on TGF-β1 induced factors of extracellular matrix composition C. Lambers, L. Stiebellehner, B. Burian, P. Binder, V. Petkov, L. H. Block (Vienna, Austria)
LSC 2011 Abstract: Potential anti-inflammatory role of the cAMP effectors Epac and PKA in COPD A. Oldenburger, S. Roscioni, E. Jansen, M. Menzen, A. Halayko, W. Timens, H. Meurs, H. Maarsingh, M. Schmidt (Groningen, Netherlands; Winnipeg, Canada)
Caveolin-1 expression in airway smooth muscle cells is related to airway responsiveness magnitude in allergic asthma model F. Gutierrez-Aguilar, N. A. Bobadilla, M. G. Campos, R. Lascurain, E. Martínez-Cordero, M. D. Alvarez-Santos, P. Ramos-Ramírez, B. Bazan-Perkins (Mexico City, Mexico)
Relaxant effect of crocus sativus (saffron) on guinea pig tracheal chains and its possible mechanism(s) E. Assadpour, M. H. Boskabady, M. R. Aslani (Mashhad, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Cigarette smoke alters hyaluronic acid homeostasis in primary human lung fibroblasts E. Papakonstantinou, I. Klagas, N. Miglino, G. Karakiulakis, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Thessaloniki, Greece; Basel, Switzerland)
Roflumilast N-oxide, a PDE4 inhibitor, curbs bleomycin-induced lung fibroblast activation in vitro B. Arezzini, D. Vecchio, P. A. Martorana, H. Tenor, C. Gardi (Siena, Italy; Konstanz, Germany)
Fibroblast cell behaviour growing into a stiffened three dimensional collagen matrix V. Vicens, S. Estany, A. Colom, J. Alcaraz, D. Navajas, A. J. Sanabria, R. Llatjos, I. Escobar, P. V. Romero, F. Manresa, J. Dorca, M. Molina (L‘Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain)
Tiotropium reduced carbachol-induced axpressions of IL-6 and IL-8 by primary human lung fibroblasts of asthma and non-asthma subjects L. Costa, M. Roth, P. Casarosa, M. Tamm, P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland; Biberach, Germany)